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Politics in Academia

Graphs of about politics in academia

Data

https://macdonaldlaurier.ca/the-viewpoint-diversity-crisis-at-canadian-universities/

https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/canajsocicahican.33.4.873.pdf

data_canada_academia.csv

https://www.pewresearch.org/science/2023/11/14/americans-trust-in-scientists-positive-views-of-science-continue-to-decline/

data_science_trust.xlsx

Prepare Data

# devtools::install_github("derekmichaelwright/agData")
library(agData)
library(readxl)

# Prep data
myCaption1 <- "www.dblogr.com/ or derekmichaelwright.github.io/dblogr/ | Data: MLI"
myCaption2 <- "www.dblogr.com/ or derekmichaelwright.github.io/dblogr/ | Data: Nakhaie & Adam (2008)"
d1 <- read.csv("data_canada_academia.csv") %>%
  mutate(Party = factor(Party, levels = unique(.$Party)),
         Measurement = factor(Measurement, unique(.$Measurement)))
#
myCaption3 <- "www.dblogr.com/ or derekmichaelwright.github.io/dblogr/ | Data: Pew Research"
myRespones <- c("Mostly positive", "Equal positive and negative", "Mostly negative")
d2 <- read_xlsx("data_science_trust.xlsx", "Effect on Society") %>%
  mutate(Response = factor(Response, levels = myRespones))
d3 <- read_xlsx("data_science_trust.xlsx", "Trust")

Political Views in Academia

2021

# Plot
mp <- ggplot(d1, aes(x = Party, y = X2021, fill = Measurement)) + 
  geom_col(position = "dodge", color = "black", alpha = 0.7) +
  scale_fill_manual(name = NULL, values = c("darkblue", "steelblue")) +
  theme_agData(legend.position = "bottom") +
  labs(title = "Political Affiliations in Canada - 2021",
       y = "Percent", x = NULL, caption = myCaption1)
ggsave("politics_in_academia_1_01.png", mp, width = 6, height = 4)

2000

# Plot
mp <- ggplot(d1, aes(x = Party, y = X2000, fill = Measurement)) + 
  geom_col(position = "dodge", color = "black", alpha = 0.7) +
  scale_fill_manual(name = NULL, values = c("darkblue", "steelblue")) +
  theme_agData(legend.position = "bottom") +
  labs(title = "Political Affiliations in Canada - 2000",
       y = "Percent", x = NULL, caption = myCaption2)
ggsave("politics_in_academia_1_02.png", mp, width = 6, height = 4)

1997

# Plot
mp <- ggplot(d1, aes(x = Party, y = X1997, fill = Measurement)) + 
  geom_col(position = "dodge", color = "black", alpha = 0.7) +
  scale_fill_manual(name = NULL, values = c("darkblue", "steelblue")) +
  theme_agData(legend.position = "bottom") +
  labs(title = "Political Affiliations in Canada - 1997",
       y = "Percent", x = NULL, caption = myCaption2)
ggsave("politics_in_academia_1_03.png", mp, width = 6, height = 4)

1993

# Plot
mp <- ggplot(d1, aes(x = Party, y = X1993, fill = Measurement)) + 
  geom_col(position = "dodge", color = "black", alpha = 0.7) +
  scale_fill_manual(name = NULL, values = c("darkblue", "steelblue")) +
  theme_agData(legend.position = "bottom") +
  labs(title = "Political Affiliations in Canada - 1993",
       y = "Percent", x = NULL, caption = myCaption2)
ggsave("politics_in_academia_1_04.png", mp, width = 6, height = 4)

Trust in Science

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